Career Tips Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Listen in as Stevie is interviewed by Shahrzad Arasteh, a holistic career counselor out of Baltimore, Maryland. Shahrzad brought many career development experts together in a unique project to create the book Nourish Your Career. Check out her website at NourishYourCareer.com to hear top tips from other featured contributors to the book as well. Audio accomplishments journaling networking personal brand personal power portfolio strengths

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The Undercover Recruiter

MARCH 30, 2014

University of Maryland answer that below. Emotional IQ is determined by the level of your emotional intelligence, and can be a major factor in your career. How important is it? Takeaways: Managers especially can benefit from high emotional intelligence.

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Resume Bear

APRIL 6, 2012

MSNBC’s Bob Sullivan reports applicants to the Maryland Department of Corrections have been asked to log onto their social media accounts while the interviewer observes; thus making wall posts, friends and pictures, normally private, viewable by a potential employer. By Pedram Tabibi.

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Competitive Resumes

MAY 17, 2016

She has received the Excellence Award from the Montgomery County Department of Correction & Rehabilitation and the Montgomery County Maryland’s Diversity Award.

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Resume Bear

MAY 21, 2012

Famous Maryland Alumni. The University of Maryland makes their educational value stand out by highlighting alumni that have gone on to make it big.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

AUGUST 9, 2011

For example, Maryland has a law that prohibits requiring a job applicant to provide information regarding a medical condition. Maryland Ann. Question : I work as an Employment Specialist in Ohio coaching a wide range of job seekers on their job search strategies. More and more people are asking me about being asked by prospective employers to provide them with a release to obtain medical histories and files on the actual job application. Is this legal?

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Ask A Manager

MARCH 30, 2015

I’ve actually gone back to school – University of Maryland this time – for an MS in Accounting. A reader writes: I’ve got an MBA from University of Phoenix and at first I was really proud of it. I’d worked really hard to get through the corporate finance classes. Marketing, management, human resources…it all seemed pretty standard stuff for an MBA, only with no PowerPoint presentations since everything was online.

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Resume Bear

APRIL 11, 2012

Before starting the multinational Internet and software corporation with Larry Page, Brin was a student at the University of Maryland, studying mathematics and computer science. Starting a business is hard work, but making it successful is a whole other challenge.

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Resume Bear

JULY 18, 2010

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Blogging4jobs

MAY 15, 2015

Make sure to download our 2015 Guide to Las Vegas and the SHRM Annual Conference Whitepaper while you’re waiting for the VIP Party Guide to launch! . Get the Inside Scoop at the SHRM Annual Conference in Las Vegas!

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Blogging4jobs

AUGUST 4, 2014

As an example, Aziz Abdur-Ra’oof is the Director of Student Welfare and Career Development at the University of Maryland. Aziz’s role at Maryland supports all athletes. Athletes often have a challenging time fitting in an internship along with college classes and daily sports practices.

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Blogging4jobs

OCTOBER 4, 2015

GET THE INSIDE SCOOP AT THE 2015 HR TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE IN LAS VEGAS! I can’t believe are less than 2 weeks away from the 2015 HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas. We’re knee deep in pre-conference content strategy for #HRTechConf where we’ll bring you the best insights into what you can expect at three different events in Vegas in one week. Yes, three events which are the HR Tech Tank, IAEWS Fall Congress and the HR Technology Conference.

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Blogging4jobs

MAY 8, 2012

States like California, Maryland, and New York have began crafting state legislation protecting job seeker and employee privacy. Protecting Employee Facebook & Social Network Privacy.

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Blogging4jobs

JUNE 21, 2016

Two hundred thousand military veterans are exiting their lines of service each year according to a Maryland’s Workforce Exchange. This makes for a huge opportunity for employers who are excited to hire and employe military veterans.

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Resume Bear

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Mr. Walls will be presenting on the threats and opportunities of monitoring users for security intelligence at the upcoming Gartner Security & Risk Management Summits in National Harbor, Maryland in June, in Sydney, Australia in July and in London in September.

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Careers Done Write

JANUARY 13, 2012

We just lost our contract and everyone in our location has been offered the option of moving from California to Maryland or taking severance. Dear Deb: I work for a large aerospace company.

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Career Realism

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

For example, if they are looking for a position in sales in Maryland, they might search on #jobs #maryland #sales. We know you’ve got a busy life – between bringing the kids to soccer practice, cooking dinners, and socializing with friends, who has time to focus on their job search ?

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Resume Bear

MARCH 29, 2013

These stares are: California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, Washington, and Vermont. Are you looking for a new job? If so you may be wondering “Can my credit history impact my job search?”. While it might seem unfair, more employers are looking at their prospective employees’ credit history. Not only does this have the unfair feel to it, the practice creates a barrier to job seekers that have been unemployed during the economic downturn.

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Blogging4jobs

JULY 21, 2015

Maryland – Maryland Workers Compensation Commission. Workers Compensation Definition.

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Blogging4jobs

OCTOBER 2, 2015

It’s arrived. The most anticipated guide filled with nuggets of wisdom, insights, where to go and what to do in Las Vegas during the HR Technology Conference. It’s sponsored by our friends, Talent Objects. This guide is filled with information about cabbing it in Vegas, shows to see, restaurants to enjoy and what to do when you aren’t at the HR Technology Conference.

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HR Capitalist

JULY 1, 2013

Lost in all the noise about background checks disadvantaging entire sectors of society is the fact that background checks are still essential to knock the zombies out of your hiring process. Need proof? Ladies and Gentleman, I give you. Edward Snowden!!

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Resume Bear

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

Maryland (md.jobs). Once upon a time, before the days of Facebook, was a series of computer network systems called USENET. Usenet was (more or less) an online forum without frills as all you could do was post text and share files (mostly pictures).

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Resume Boutique

JUNE 9, 2007

Saturday, June 09, 2007 Job Fair Tip: Consider It An Interview By Randi Lewis, Resume Boutique LLC In April 2007, I provided free resume critiques at a law school job fair sponsored by the Maryland Daily Record ( [link] ). Resume Boutique Blog Look your best on paper. Show your best in person.™

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Blogging4jobs

MARCH 25, 2013

Before working at GEICO, I was employed by a Bethesda, Maryland-based association that served the finance profession. While there, I wore several hats: compensation analyst, employee relations, HR training and recruiter. Of all the aspects that I was responsible for, I loved recruiting best !

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Water Cooler Wisdom

MARCH 17, 2014

When I was a child growing up in Maryland, we visited relatives in New York and Philadelphia often. Back in the eighties, the toll booth operator job on the New Jersey turnpike was the national symbol of boredom. I remember sitting at the booth longer than we had to just so that the poor operator could have some human conversation. Albert Camus might have been thinking of the toll booth operator when he wrote The Myth of Sisyphus.

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Resume Bear

MAY 9, 2012

Eight animation students from the Maryland Institute College of Art are teaming up with eight fifth-grade girls to create this project: a series of animations that help students learn difficult words, times tables, and more.

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Blogging4jobs

MAY 7, 2013

ACLU sends letter on behalf of employee, Robert Collins inquiring about Maryland Division of Corrections practice of requesting Facebook passwords as part of the employment process. .

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Blogging4jobs

JANUARY 21, 2013

In May, Maryland became the first state to enact a law which prohibits employers from requesting or requiring that applicants or employees disclose their user name or password to personal social media sites – such as Facebook or Twitter.

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Blogging4jobs

JUNE 23, 2015

SHRM15 is literally within a week and if you’ve never been you’re in for a treat! This year we’ve put together another one of our ultimate guides to the conference and Las Vegas. Whether you’re going to SHRM to network or you’re going because it’s a free trip to Vegas (let’s face it, some of you reading this are thinking just that!) we have you covered!

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JobMob

AUGUST 9, 2012

Elliot was appointed by the Governor of Maryland to the Workforce Investment Board on which he has served for 3 years addressing issues of policy and training. Learn how to use LinkedIn properly as a job search tool. This is a guest post by Elliot D. Lasson.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

MARCH 20, 2017

This week’s quote was sent to us by Maddy Bernstein of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, who says her cost-consciousness is laughed about daily in her office. “Misers aren’t fun to live with, but they sure make wonderful ancestors.” ” – David Brenner.

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Corn on the Job

MARCH 31, 2015

If you live in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, or Washington, employers are limited or outright prohibited from using your credit report in a hiring decision.

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Tim's Strategy

MAY 23, 2013

Thanks Maryland National Guard for the photo via Flickr. This is a guest post by Abby Locke. I remember several years ago, when I delivered workshops for transitioning military professionals, that they all had the same challenges with developing an effective resume.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Baltimore, Maryland. Question 1: Does a former employee in New York have a legal right to get his monthly and year-end reviews from his former employer? . Valley Stream, New York. The Very Short Answer is “N0.”

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Executive Career Brand

JUNE 12, 2017

10 – Stanton Chase ([link] Baltimore, Maryland. The 250 Top-Ranked Executive Search Firms in America and 8 Tips To Work With Them. When you’re proactively job-hunting, you need to take advantage of every opportunity to advance your job search.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

APRIL 13, 2012

Rockville, Maryland. Becky, as of January, 2008, Maryland law was clarified to provide that unused vacation time is a “wage” and must be paid to a departing employee, regardless of the employer’s policy on the subject. If you have any trouble collecting, contact the Maryland DLLR.

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Ask A Manager

JANUARY 5, 2015

For instance: “The Maryland Wage Payment Law 3-504 states that an employer must give an employee at least one pay period advance notice of any change in wage.”). A reader writes: Can my former employer reduce my pay to minimum wage for hours already worked because I did not give a two-week notice? They cannot. An employer can lower your pay going forward (if they alert you and give you the chance to decline to work at the new rate), but they can’t lower it retroactively.

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Water Cooler Wisdom

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

I’ve always been an admirer of Sergey Brin, a Russian Jew like myself who landed in Maryland.    Just a few years older than me, Sergey co-founded one of the largest technology companies in the world: Google.    But what started as a garage project is now a multi-billion dollar global organization employing nearly 20,000, and it has been interesting to see how Google’s culture has evolved.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

JULY 29, 2011

Glen Burnie, Maryland. Question 1: Can a former employer forbid me to speak to former co-workers, and them to me ? Debra P. Islandia, New York. The Very Short Answer is “No.”. It’s that simple, Al Sklover.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

MARCH 12, 2011

Wheaton, Maryland. Since so many blog visitors submit Questions, we’ve decided to devote some of our weekend blogposts to answering several Questions at once, and have chosen those that call for “shorter&# Answers. .

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